MarkLillis Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Blasterpocket68 said: I think he will go even if we stay up . Yes he is remarkably loyal, local lad but were so far away as a club from where he really needs to be. He needs achieve what he is really capable of playing in the Champions league chasing titles and cups. lets not forget he was almost on his way to Spurs , and was initially disappointed. I sort of think a multi million pound contract at a club chasing top honours playing with better standard football players might turn his head!! We all love Jack, he is one in a million when, if he goes we should all support him and what he has done for the club whatever the outcome of this season . He seemed to be “reluctantly on his way” if his reaction often the Hull match was anything to go on. I agree I think he will get support from most fans if at the end of the season we are not able to support his ambitions by being competitive in the Premier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rubberman Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Go down - Jack goes. Stay up skin of our teeth - I'd say 50:50 Stay up 14th or above - definitely stay. In April Dean and the owners need to sit down with Jack and outline the future - what they will invest, level of players they want to buy and see if they can sell him the dream. As long as Villa are moving up it might be enough. But if we don't keep fast enough progression, then he needs to move on. But when he does, anywhere below City, Liverpool or the top European sides would be disappointing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 If you pretend Jack isn't a Villa fan (as him being a Villa fan combined with him as a player I honestly wouldn't swap him for another player in the world), and on performances/ability/potential alone, who would you swap him for? Mbappe maybe. But in terms of ability and pure entertainment there's not (if any) many I'd rather watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tom13 said: If you pretend Jack isn't a Villa fan (as him being a Villa fan combined with him as a player I honestly wouldn't swap him for another player in the world), and on performances/ability/potential alone, who would you swap him for? Mbappe maybe. But in terms of ability and pure entertainment there's not (if any) many I'd rather watch. What he does for the team...there's very few in the world who could do it better. You're talking literally the best players going IMO. Messi, Sterling, De Bruyne, Mane, that sort of silly level. Take these brilliant players, just in the PL. Maddison, Son, Zaha, Salah, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Wijnaldum, Pogba. On current form, would any of them do better for us than Jack right now? Contribute everything he does offensively and continue to run themselves into the ground defending when surrounded by a team nowhere near as good? How do I know they wouldn't crumble under pressure when our team has one of their funny spells when they all forget how to play football? I wouldn't swap him for anyone honestly, I enjoy watching him too much. Plus, if you could magically switch Grealish for one of the those top players, it would take time for them to adjust to their new teammates much worse than wherever they've come from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tom13 said: If you pretend Jack isn't a Villa fan (as him being a Villa fan combined with him as a player I honestly wouldn't swap him for another player in the world), and on performances/ability/potential alone, who would you swap him for? Mbappe maybe. But in terms of ability and pure entertainment there's not (if any) many I'd rather watch. I think you are overrating him an awful lot here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Kendrick's Dentist Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 21 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I think you are overrating him an awful lot here Would you swap him for Adam Johnson? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mat Kendrick's Dentist said: Would you swap him for Adam Johnson? No, of course not, would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Kendrick's Dentist Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: No, of course not, would you? Nah, Jack was 10 times better than Johnson at 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheMelvillan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 avtv have a player cam vid of him against Watford. All slo mo and close up shots. Pure football pr0n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 who's the old fella in the above pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rodders said: who's the old fella in the above pic? The actor David Bradley. Best known for being Walder Frey in GOT or the caretaker in Hogwarts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 42 minutes ago, Rodders said: who's the old fella in the above pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Rodders said: who's the old fella in the above pic? Bit of a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) If he stayed one more season after this and propelled us up the table, he would leave a legend. He's the type to come back later in his career too. There's not much left that needs to be said other than I am really happy for Jack Grealish too.. Jack may have had one too many a few times as a kid, but he has had the maturity to develop into a driven professional... who also enjoys his summer blow outs! Judging from the things he does for the football community he's also a good human. Oh, and he's fit and a proper likeable person. Jack Grealish is a superstar primed to burst out. Keep us up, smash the Euro's and drive us into the top half next season and he can choose any club in the world. He will always be one of our own. Edited January 24, 2020 by dont_do_it_doug. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 We stay up, some players will obviously leave to fund for better players. We will swap a few out each window easily so long as we can keep improving, I see no reason why Jack would leave us if that happens. We do not know Jack and what he feels, but Villa is his heart and he will do whatever he can to aid in the club becoming great again. Jack may even be prepared to sacrifice Champions league football for the time being and some seasons to come for all we know. It's just one of those things where we as Fans can assume this or that about a player, but you never truly know what will be the push that takes him away from the club, if there's even a push at all. They say everyone has there price, I say that's not true and some people are just happy with what's going on. Others are happy because they feel to much change could be the very thing that destroys what they are trying to do, so staying put while things are good, is just right for them. Jack may of looked stressed at quality of the passing in alot of games recently, yet last game he looked fine apart from the 30 or more fouls he endured. I'd say if he is stressed that's a major contributor being kicked all over and took down every time he's on the ball. We will just have to see, I think for the time being and next couple of seasons, the only things that will prize him from Villa will be relegation or if we stay up a massive oversized purchase by one of the top four clubs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 He is a good example of why we should have patience with our younger players and support them when they make mistakes, both on and off the pitch. Just consider how many there have been who have written him off over the years. I think he is the best player I have seen play for us and I wouldn't swap him for anyone. I love watching him play, his balance, timing, ball control, he has that ability that the only other sportsman I can think of, Wayne Gretzky, had - the ability to drag players close to him, just to make a last second move that leaves the opponent stranded and humiliated. It's like he knows that he is on a level above everyone else and just plays with them. No wonder he is the by far most fouled player in the league. Agree with the posts above, hope we stay up and he gives us one more year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Villa Trivia Right or wrong the answer is always Jack Grealish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 11 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said: No wonder he is the by far most fouled player in the league. Agree with the posts above, hope we stay up and he gives us one more year! Thanks Keener first of all If Edan Hazard has won 1030 fouls in five leagues over a decade, then surely Jack Grealish is not only on course to topple that, but clearly obliterate it, the way its going. Jack grealish was in tripple figures on fouls last season in the championship was he not, sure he had 158 fouls to his name. This season right now he's just gone into tripple figures on 102 which could possible be slightly more than last season. It all means really that more and more are threatened by Jack and increasingly targeting him. So in two seasons now and this season is not over yet, jack has earned a quarter of the fouls Edan earned, which means he is on target to beat Edans record, but what we havnt taken into account if Jack gets any England games or has down time through injury. Jack could end up on a decades worth of seasons hitting the 1300 mark and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest The more fame he's getting the more he will be targeted, which is why I'm absoloutly baffled by Gareth Southgate not utilising a player in the England team in such a way it causes opposition game disruptions to there movement and game plans. GS must be absoloute clueless not to relise how much of a weapon he has under him, just bonkers not play the most fouled player last season or this season into the National squad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Southgate’s defining personal characteristic is arrogance. He doesn’t like to be seen to change his mind. Because he didn’t go all in on Jack early it’s hard for him to do so now. Simple as that I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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